Donna Dewaay
Section outline
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Esperanza/Los Amigos
In all classes we sing, dance, compose, read, write, and play music to enable learning of the music concepts.
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The ELA common core unit deals with rhymes and math it is number sense and order. The first lessons mix the common core standards with the enduring standard Beat/Rhythm Tempo/Dynamics and Form
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This class starts out with review of B&R, tempo, pitch etc.... The first ELA unit is fairy tale so in the beginning fairy tale is mixed with the first grade enduring concepts mentioned as a review.
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One of the enduring concepts for music are the notes and form. I combined the math common core unit of length to convey notes and form used in music.
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One of the big ELA units for 3rd grade is informational/expository writing. The 1st lessons deals with review of music enduring concepts by way of the use of informational writing.
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One of the big ELA units for 4th grade is Plants and Animals, as well as Weather and Climate. A couple of enduring music concepts for 4th grade are dynamics and ostinato. The 1st lessons deal with combining learning about animals & weather with ostinato & dynamics.
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One of the ELA standards is Unit 2.1(Earth, Moon, Stars) The 1st lesson deals with stars(what they are) while executing the enduring concepts of music with half notes, quarter notes, tone quality, staff reading etc... One of the Math units for CC deals with measurement and fractions. The 1st math units deal w/how the beats of the notes relate to measurement and fractions.
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One of the CC math unit deals w/measurement and fractions. The 1st math lessons deal with how beat relates to fractions/measurement. ELA is 2.1 (earth moon,stars). The 1st lessons for Ela relate music to unit 2.1
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Students may ask questions about music